Karl Karmarsch

Karl Karmarsch (17 October 1803 – 24 March 1879) was an Austrian-born (since 1830) German educator, founding director of the Polytechnic School in Hanover, later to become the University of Hannover.

Karl Karmarsch
Born(1803-10-17)17 October 1803
Vienna, Austria
Died24 March 1879(1879-03-24) (aged 75)
Hanover, Prussia
NationalityGerman

From 1817 to 1823, he was associated with the Polytechnic Institute of Vienna, where he was a student of Georg Altmütter (1787–1858).

From 1830 until his retirement in 1875, he served as director at Hanover, In 1863, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Bronze statue of Karmarsch in Hanover

Karmarsch was a promoter of higher technical education in Germany, and considered a pioneer of mechanical technology.[1] With Johann Joseph von Prechtl (1778–1854), he was an editor of a multi-volume encyclopedia of technology called Technologische Encyklopädie oder alphabetisches Handbuch der Technologie, der technischen Chemie und des Maschinenwesens.[2] Other principal works by Karmarsch include:

  • Grundriß der mechanischen Technologie, two volumes 1837/41 - Outline of mechanical technology.
  • Geschichte Der Technologie Seit Der Mitte Des Achtzehnten Jahrhundert, 1872 - History of technology since the mid-eighteenth century.[1]

References
  1. Biographical information @ aeiou Encyclopedia
  2. Archive.org Technologische Encyklopädie


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